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Name of Ruler |
Lineage |
Reign Began |
Reign Ended |
Birth |
Death |
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ANGLO-SAXONS |
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King Egbert |
First Ruler of all England |
827 |
830 |
775? |
839 |
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King Ethelwulf |
Son of Egbert |
839 |
857 |
? |
858 |
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King Ethelbald |
Son of Ethelwulf |
857 |
860 |
? |
860? |
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King Ethelbert |
Second son of Ethelwulf |
860 |
866 |
? |
866? |
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Ethelred I |
Third son of Ethelwulf |
866 |
871 |
? |
871 |
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King Alfred the Great |
Fourth son of Ethelwulf |
871 |
899 |
849 |
899 |
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King Edward the Elder |
Son of Alfred |
899 |
925 |
870? |
925 |
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King Athelstan |
Eldest son of Edward |
925 |
940 |
895? |
941 |
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King Edmund I |
Brother of Athelstan |
940 |
946 |
923 |
946/8 |
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King Edred |
Brother of Edmund I |
946 |
955 |
? |
955 |
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Edwy |
Son of Edmund I |
955 |
959 |
939? |
959 |
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King Edgar |
Second son of Edmund I |
959 |
975 |
943? |
975 |
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King Edward the Martyr |
Son of Edgar |
975 |
978 |
961? |
978 |
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King Ethelred II |
Half-brother of Edward |
978 |
1016 |
968 |
1016 |
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King Edmund Ironside |
Eldest son of Ethelred |
1016 |
1017 |
989 |
1017 |
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DANISH RULERS |
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King Canute |
By conquest and election |
1017 |
1035 |
995 |
1035 |
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King Harold I (Harefoot) |
Son of Canute |
1035 |
1040 |
? |
1040 |
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Hardicanute |
Another son of Canute |
1040 |
1042 |
1019 |
1042 |
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SAXONS |
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Edward the Confessor |
Son of Ethelred II |
1042 |
1066 |
1004 |
1066 |
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King Harold II |
Brother-in-law of Edward |
1066 |
? |
1022 |
1066 |
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NORMANS |
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King William I |
Second cousin to Edward the Confessor; by conquest |
1066 |
1087 |
1027 |
1087 |
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King William II |
Third son of William I |
1087 |
1100 |
1056 |
1100 |
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King Henry I |
Youngest son of William I |
1100 |
1135 |
1068 |
1135 |
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King Stephen |
Third son of Stephen, Count of Blois |
1135 |
1154 |
1105 |
1155 |
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THE PLANTAGENETS |
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King Henry II |
Son of Geoffrey Plantagenet by Matilda, daughter of Henry I |
1154 |
1189 |
1133 |
1189 |
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King Richard I, the Lionhearted |
Eldest surviving son of Henry II |
1189 |
1199 |
1157 |
1199 |
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John |
Youngest son of Henry II |
1199 |
1216 |
1166 |
1216 |
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King Henry III |
Eldest son of John |
1216 |
1272 |
1207 |
1272 |
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King Edward I |
Eldest son of Henry III |
1272 |
1307 |
1239 |
1307 |
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King Edward II |
Eldest surviving son of Edward I |
1307 |
1327 |
1284 |
1327 |
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King Edward III |
Eldest son of Edward II |
1327 |
1377 |
1312 |
1377 |
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King Richard II |
Son of the Black Prince, eldest son of Edward III |
1377 |
1399 |
1366 |
1400 |
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HOUSE OF LANCASTER |
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King Henry IV |
Son of John of Gaunt, 4th son of Edward III |
1399 |
1413 |
1367 |
1413 |
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Henry V |
Edlest Son of Henry IV |
1413 |
1422 |
1387 |
1422 |
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King Henry VI |
Only son of Henry V |
1422 |
1461 |
1421 |
1471 |
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HOUSE OF YORK |
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King Edward IV |
His grandfather was Richard, son of Edmund, son of Edward III |
1461 |
1483 |
1441 |
1483 |
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King Edward V |
Eldest son of Edward IV |
1483 |
? |
1470 |
1483 |
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King Richard III |
Younger brother of Edward IV |
1483 |
1485 |
1452 |
1485 |
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HOUSE OF TUDOR |
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King Henry VII |
Son of Edmund, eldest son of Owen Tudor, by Katharine, widow of Henry V. Mother was great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt |
1485 |
1509 |
1457 |
1509 |
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King Henry VIII |
Only surviving son of Henry VII |
1509 |
1547 |
1491 |
1547 |
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King Edward VI |
Son of Henry VIII by Jane Seymour |
1547 |
1553 |
1537 |
1553 |
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Mary I |
Daughter of Henry VIII by Katharine of Aragon |
1553 |
1558 |
1516 |
1558 |
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King Elizabeth I |
Daughter of Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn |
1558 |
1603 |
1533 |
1603 |
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HOUSE OF STUART |
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King James I |
Son of Mary Queen of Scots, granddaughter of James IV and Margaret |
1603 |
1625 |
1566 |
1625 |
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King Charles I |
Only surviving son of James I (executed) |
1625 |
1649 |
1600 |
1649 |
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Commonwealth |
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector |
1649 |
1658 |
1599 |
1658 |
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& Protectorate |
Richard Cromwell, 3rd son of Oliver |
1658 |
1659 |
1626 |
1712 |
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King Charles II |
Eldest son of Charles I |
1660 |
1685 |
1630 |
1685 |
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King James II |
Second son of Charles I |
1685 |
1689 |
1633 |
1701 |
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King William III |
Son of William, Prince of Orange, by Mary, daughter of Charles I |
1689 |
1702 |
1650 |
1702 |
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& Mary II |
Eldest daughter of James II |
1689 |
1694 |
1662 |
1694 |
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Anne |
Second daughter of James II |
1702 |
1714 |
1665 |
1714 |
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HOUSE OF HANOVER |
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King George I |
Son of Elector of Hanover, by Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth, daughter of James I |
1714 |
1727 |
1660 |
1727 |
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George II |
Only son of George I |
1727 |
1760 |
1683 |
1760 |
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King George III |
Grandson of George II |
1760 |
1820 |
1738 |
1820 |
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King George IV |
Eldest son of George III |
1820 |
1830 |
1762 |
1830 |
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King William IV |
Third son of George III |
l830 |
1837 |
1765 |
1837 |
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Victoria |
Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III |
1837 |
1901 |
1819 |
1901 |
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HOUSE OF WINDSOR* |
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King Edward VII |
Son of Victoria |
1901 |
1910 |
1841 |
1910 |
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King George V |
Son of Edward VII |
1910 |
1936 |
1865 |
1936 |
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Edward VIII |
Son of George V |
1936 |
**1936 |
1894 |
1972 |
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King George VI |
Son of George V |
1936 |
1952 |
1895 |
1952 |
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Elizabeth II |
Daughter of George VI |
1952 |
? |
1926 |
? |
